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RESURRECTION, of the dead, VIII. 535; in Jewish and Christian apocalyptic, II. 175; XVI. 56, 315; XX. 597; St Paul's doctrine of, XVIII. 426.

of Jesus Christ, XIII. 669; Gospel accounts of, X. 805, 811, 840. RETENTIVENESS, in psychology, XX. 46.

RETFORD, East, town, England, XX. 487.

RETHEL, Alfred, German painter, XX. 487.

RETICULARIA, class of Protozoa, XIX. 845.

RETIMO, town, Crete, VI. 572.

REVEL (Reval), town, Russia, XX. 495. REVELATION, Divine, II. 190; XIII. 154; Christianity as religion of, v. 691; Bible as record of, III. 634; V. 691; in nature, XXIII. 264; by oracle, XVII. 808; in relation to rationalism, XX. 289; 11. 232; to theology, XXIII. 261; in Neoplatonism, XVII. 333; Critique of, by Fichte, XI. 134.

Book of, New Testament, XX. 496; XIX. 823.

REVELGANJ, town, India, XXI. 304. REVENUE, National, IX. 171; per head,

XVII. 247.

REVEREND, title, XXIII. 418.

RETINA, of the eye, I. 888; VIII. 817, REVERSIBILITY, Principle of, in wave

821.

RETINASPHALT, mineral, XVI. 428. RETINITE, mineral, XVI. 428. RETINITIS, eye disease, XVII. 784. RETINOSCOPY, in ophthalmology, XVII. 787.

RETORSION, in international law, XIII.

194.

theory of light, XXIV. 426. REVERSION, in animal descent, XXI. 788.

in law, XX. 372. REVERSIONARY ANNUITIES, II. 84. REVETMENT, in fortification, IX. 428, 445.

REVIEWS, periodical literature, xvIII. 536.

RETORT, for distillation, VII. 262; of REVIVAL OF LEARNING, XX. 380.

platinum, XXII. 637.

RETREAT OF THE TEN THOUSAND (401 B.C.), XI. 103; XXIV. 720. RETROPINNA, genus of fishes, XXI. 221,

224.

RETTING, of flax, IX. 294.

RETURNS, Government, statistical, XXII. 464.

RETZ, Cardinal de, French writer and politician, XX. 488; IX. 572.

(Rais), Gilles de, marshal of France, XX. 258.

RETZIUS, Andreas, on American Indians, XII. 821.

REUBEN, son of Jacob, XX. 489.

Tribe of, XIII. 401; XVIII. 176. REUCHLIN, John, German humanist, XX. 489; his attitude towards the Reformation, XX. 325; his influence in the German Renaissance, XX. 388; on the Kabbalah, XIII. 813. RÉUNION, island, Indian Ocean, XX. 491. RÉUS, town, Spain, XX. 493. REUSS, German principalities, XX. 493.

river, Switzerland, XXII. 776.

or Réus, Count de (Juan Prim), Spanish statesman, XIX. 732. —, Edward, on the Pentateuch, XVIII. 508.

REUSSINE, mineral, XVI. 402.
REUTER, Fritz, Platt Deutsch writer,
XX. 494; as poet, XVIII. 348.

Julius, German news-agent, XVII.

413. REUTLINGEN, town, Würtemberg, Germany, XX. 495; population, XXIV. 701. REUTLINGER, Susanna, second wife of Kepler, XIV. 47.

REVAL, town, Russia, XX. 495. -, Nicolas, Hungarian writer, XII. 377.

REVDINSK, town, Russia, XVIII. 550.

REVOLT OF ISLAM, Shelley's poem,
XXI. 793.
REVOLUTION, of the planets, II. 782.

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of the earth, its geological effects, X. 216.

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of 1688, in England, VIII. 351. French, of 1789, IX. 596; its influence on England, VIII. 360; on Germany, X. 504; French, of 1830, IX. 619; French, of 1848, IX. 621. REVOLVER, firearm, XI. 285; Colt's, VI. 166.

REVUE DES DEUX MONDES, French periodical, IX. 680; XVIII. 540; XXI. 164.

REX, Roman ruler, XX. 732.
REWAH, state, India, XX. 501; town,

XX. 502.

REWARI, subdivision of Gurgaon, India,
XI. 332; town, XI. 332.
REYBAZ, collaborator with Mirabeau,
XVI. 497.

REYER, Ida Laura (Madame Pfeiffer),
traveller, XVIII. 726.
REYKJAVIK, town, Iceland, XII. 619.
REYNARD THE FOX, mediæval fable,
VIII. 838; IX. 641; X. 522, 527, 741;
XIV. 17; XX. 659; XXI. 319; Kaul-
bach's illustrations of, XIV. 17.
REYNAUD, Jean, expounder of Druidism,
VII. 479.

REYNES, John, bookbinder to Henry
VIII., IV. 42.

REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua, English painter,
XX. 502; XXI. 441; his colouring,
XVIII. 139.
REYNOLDS'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER,

XVII. 419.

REZANI, people, Italy, XXII. 150. REZZONICO, Carlo (Pope Clement XIII.), v. 823.

RHA, rhubarb, XX. 529.

RHABDITES, structures in planarian
worms, XIX. 170.
RHABDITIS, genus of nematode worms,
XVII. 325.
RHABDOCELA,

tribe of planarian

worms, XIX. 171, 174. RHABDOMANCY, use of the divining rod, XV. 206.

RHABDOPLEURA, genus of Polyzoa, XIX. 434, 435.

RHABDUS, sponge, XXII. 416. RHACHIODONTIDE, family of snakes, XXII. 192.

RHADAMANTHUS, or Rhadamanthys, of Greek mythology, XX. 504; in Elysium, VIII. 156.

RHADAMES (Ghadames), town, Sahara, Africa, X. 4.

RHETIA, Alpine province, Roman empire, XX. 504.

Ten Jurisdictions of, Swiss confederation, XXII. 786. RHETIAN ALPS, I. 627. RHETIC ROCKS, in geology, X. 353. RHETICUS (Rheticus), George Joachim, mathematician, XX. 508; XXIII. 9, 562. RHAGITE, mineral, XVI. 406. RHAGON TYPE, of sponges, XXII. 414. RHAMNUS, town, Greece, III. 60. RHAMPHOCORYS, genus of birds, XIV. 316.

RHAMPHORHYNCHUS, fossil reptile, XX.

86.

RHANGABÉ, Michael I., Byzantine emperor, XVI. 226; XVII. 482. RHAPIS, genus of palms, XVIII. 190. RHAPSODISTS, Greek, XII. 109. RHAZES, Arabian alchemist and physician, I. 464; XV. 805.

RHÉ (Ré), Isle of, France, XX. 302; battle of (1627), IV. 419.

RHEA, bird, XX. 505; XVIII. 44.

Greek divinity, VI. 744; XXI. 321. FIBRE, XX. 506; IX. 133. RHEGIUM (Reggio di Calabria), ancient town, Italy, XX. 341. RHEIMS, town, France, XX. 507; ampulla at, I. 777; sculptures in cathedral, XXI. 562; trades school, XXIII. 108.

RHEIN (Rhine, q.v.), river, Europe, XX. 518.

RHEINBUND, Leibnitz's plan of a, XIV. 418.

RHEINFELD, spa, Switzerland, XVI. 434. RHEINGAU, district, Germany, XVII. 238; XX. 520.

RHEITHROSCIURUS, genus of rodent mammals, XXII. 438.

RHENANUS, Beatus, German humanist, XX. 508.

RHENEIA, island, Greece, VII. 51. RHENISH PRUSSIA, province, Prussia,

XX. 20.

RHENISH WINES, XXIV. 602, 610.

RHEOSTAT, electric instrument, VIII. 45. RHEOTANNIC ACID, XX. 530.

RHESÆNA, district, Mesopotamia, XVI. 48.

RHESUS, of Euripides, VIII. 678. RHETICUS, George Joachim, mathematician, XX. 508; his contributions to trigonometry, XXIII. 562; his trigonometrical tables, XXIII. 9. RHETORIC, XX. 508; Latin, XIV. 333; in relation to sophistry, XXII. 265; of Aristotle, II. 517; of Lysias, XV. 118; Quintilian's contributions to, XX. 187; Sanskrit works on, XXI. 293; Whately's work on, XXIV. 530; Chambers of, in Dutch literature, XII. 91. RHEUM, genus of plants, XII. 287; XX. 529.

RHEUMATIC FEVER, XX. 516; XVIII. 397.

RHEUMATIC GOUT, XX. 518. RHEUMATISM, disease, XX. 516; silicylate of sodium in treatment of, XXI. 217.

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, disease, XX. 518.

RHEUMIC ACID, XX. 530.

RHEYDT, town, Rhenish Prussia, XX. 518.

RHIJNSBURGERS, Dutch sect, XXII.

400.

RHODE ISLAND CASE (1848), U.S.A., | RI, Japanese measure, XIII. 569. XXIV. 472.

RHODES, island, Egean Sea, XX. 525; its connexion with Phoenicia, XVIII. 805; relations with Rome, XX. 751; establishment of Knights Hospitallers in, XXI. 174; conquest of, by the Turks (1522), XXIII. 643; coins of, XVII. 647; town, XX. 525; Colossus at, II. 365.

RIAD, town, Nejd, Arabia, 11. 254. RIALTO, island, Venice, XXIV. 141; bridge of the, IV. 332.

RIBAT (Rabat), town, Morocco, XX.

192.

RIBAULT, or Ribaut, Jean, French navi-
gator, XX. 531; colonizer in South
Carolina, U.S.A., XXII. 288.
RIBBLE, river, England, XIV. 252.

XXI. 609.

Outer and Inner, divisions of RIBBON-FISHES, XX. 531; XII. 684, 691; Appenzell, Switzerland, II. 211. RHODIAN WARE, pottery, XIX. 621. RHODIGIUM (Rovigo), Latin town, Italy,

XXI. 29.

RIBBONS, XX. 531.

RIBEIRA GRANDE, town, Cape Verd Islands, V. 52.

RHODIUM, chemical element, V. 536; RIBEIRO, Bernardim, Portuguese writer,

XIX. 189, 191.

RHODIZITE, mineral, XVI. 396. RHODOCHROME, mineral, XVI. 414. RHODODENDRON, shrub, XX. 526; XII. 260; of Ceylon, V. 362.

RHODONITE, mineral, XVI. 417. RHODOPE, mountain, Thrace, XXIII.

318.

XIX. 556.

João Pedro, Portuguese historian, XIX. 557.

João Pinto, Portuguese statesman, XIX. 548.

RIBERA, Jusepe (Lo Spagnoletto), Spanish painter, XX. 532.

RIBES, genus of plants, VI. 715; X. 779.

RHODOSPERMEÆ, suborder of Algae, I. RIBOT, Théodule, on evolution, VIII.

508.

RHOMBIC SYSTEM, of crystals, XVI. 359.

RHOMBUS, genus of fishes, XXIII. 625.

RHIN, Haut, former department of RHONE, river, Europe, XX. 527; IX. France, IX. 508.

RHINE, river, Europe, XX. 518; X. 449; in Holland, XII. 63; in Switzerland, XXII. 776.

Confederation of the (1806), III. 133; IX. 615; XVII. 210. RHINELAND, province, Prussia, XX. 20. RHINE WINE, XXIV. 602, 610. RHINOBATIDÆ, family of fishes, XX.

299.

RHINOCEROS, ungulate mammal, XX. 521; XV. 428; of India, XII. 742; of Java, XIII. 602. RHINOCHETUS, genus of birds, XVII. 376; XXII. 653.

RHINODON, genus of sharks, XXI. 777. RHINOLOPHIDE, family of bats, XV.

412.

RHINOPOMA, genus of bats, XV. 413. RHINOTMETUS, Justinian II., emperor of the East, XIII. 798.

RHIO (Riouw), town, near Bintang, Indian Archipelago, III. 679; XII. 818; XXII. 639.

RHION, town, Greece, XVI. 53. RHIPSALIS, genus of Cactaceæ, IV. 626. RHIZOCARPEÆ, subclass of ferns, IX. 105.

RHIZOME, root-stock of plants, IV. 98. RHIZOPHORA, genus of trees, XV. 481. RHIZOPODS, or Foraminifera, XIX. 371. RHIZOTA, order of Rotifera, XXI. 7. RHODE ISLAND, State, U.S.A., XX. 523; Roger Williams's colonization of, XXIV. 587; colony of, XXIII. 730; opposition of, to the Union (1790), XXIII. 752, 754.

506; in Switzerland, XXII. 776. RHÔNE, department, France, XX. 528. RHOPALOCERA, group of insects, XIII. 151.

RHUBARB, vegetable and drug, XX. 529; XII. 287.

RHUNE, mountain, France, XX. 126. RHUPENIAN DYNASTY, of Armenia, II. 548.

RHUS, genus of trees, XIII. 592.
RHYL, town, Wales, XX. 530; IX. 327.
RHYMER, Thomas the, early Scottish
poet, XXIII. 308.

RHYMNEY, town, England, xx. 530.
RHYNCHEA, genus of birds, XXII. 200.
RHYNCHOBDELLIDE, family of leeches,
XIV. 404.

RHYNCHOCEPHALIA, order of reptiles, XX. 437, 444, 448.

767.

RIBS, Anatomy of the, 1. 822; movements of, in respiration, XX. 478; treatment of, in surgery, XXII. 690; in vertebrate skeleton, XXII. 113; in mammals, XV.

358.

in architecture, II. 472. RICARDO, David, English political economist, XX. 533; XIX. 373; on labour, value, and capital, XXII. 213. RICASOLI, Bettino, Baron, Italian states

man, XIII. 491.

RICAUT, Sir Paul, English traveller and diplomatist, XXI. 116.

RICCATI, James, Count, Italian mathematician, XX. 535.

RICCI, Antonio, Venetian architect, XXIV. 153.

Lorenzo, general of the Jesuits, XIII. 654.

-, Ludovico, Italian economist, XIX. 363.

Matteo, Jesuit missionary in China, XX. 536; XV. 145; XVI. 513.

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RHYNCHOPHORA, group of beetles, VI. 133; XXIV. 477.

RHYNCHOPS, genus of birds, XXII. 120. RHYNCHOTUS, genus of birds, XXIII. 403.

RHYNDACUS, river, Asia Minor, II. 707;

XVII. 122; XVIII. 853.

RHYS AB TEWDWR, Welsh prince, v. 319.

RHYTHM, in poetry, XIX. 257, 262; in prose, XX. 513.

RHYTHYMNO, town, Crete, VI. 572. RHYTINA, genus of sirenian mammals, XV. 390.

RICCIOLI, Giovanni Battista, on astronomy, II. 754.

RICCOBONI, Madame, French writer, XX. 538.

RICE, XX. 538; culture of, under irrigation, XIII. 369; in India, III. 248, 568; XII. 747; XVIII. 409; in Japan, XIII. 574; in Java, XIII. 603; in Madagascar, XV. 172.

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RICH, John, English pantomimist, XVIII. | RICHTER, Ernst Friedrich Eduard,

215.

Robert, earl of Warwick, English postmaster, XIX. 563. RICHARD I., Cœur de Lion, king of England, XX. 539; VIII. 305; IX. 541; his coronation, VI. 429; his exploits in Palestine, VI. 628; his ransom, XIV. 844.

II., of England, XX. 541; VIII. 319; XIV. 256; dethronement of, XI. 659; his relations with William of Wykeham, XXIV. 585.

III., of England, XX. 542; VIII. 328. earl of Cornwall and king of the Romans, XX. 542.

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RICHTER, Ernst Friedrich Eduard, | RIF HILLS, Morocco, XVI. 830.
German writer on music, XX. 546.

Jeremias Benjamin, German chem

ist, v. 463.

Johann Paul Friedrich (Jean Paul), German humorist, XX. 546; X. 541; on æsthetics, 1. 220; on education, VII. 677.

RIFLE, firearm, XI. 282; penetrating power of, IX. 428; sporting, XXI. 835.

ASSOCIATION, of Great Britain,
XXIV. 295.

RIFLED CANNON, XI. 308.
RIFLEMAN-BIRD, or Rifle-Bird, xx.

553.

RICI, Paul, Kabbalistic writer, XIII.
813.
RICIMER, patrician of the Roman empire, RIGA, town, Russia, XX. 553.
XX. 547, 781; XV. 311.
RICINUS, genus of plants, V. 200.
RICKETS, disease, XX. 548; XVIII. 373.
RICKMAN, Thomas, English architect,
XX. 548.
RICOMAGUS

RIFLING, of cannon, XI. 294.

RIGAUD, Hyacinthe, French painter,
XX. 554.

RIGDON, Sydney, Mormon leader, XVI.
826.

RIGGING, of a ship, XXI. 153, 594.

(Riom), Roman town, RIGHT, in law, XIV. 361.

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of Cirencester, English chronicler, RIDDLE, enigma, XX. 549; of the

XX. 542.

sphinx, XXII. 398.

of Middletown, scholastic philo- RIDEAU, river and canal, Ottawa, Canada, sopher, XXI. 429.

of St Victor, scholastic philosopher and mystic, XX. 543; XVII. 132; XXI. 425.

DE BURY, bishop of Durham, III. 85. RICHARDIA, genus of plants, XII. 264. RICHARDSON, Sir John, Scottish naturalist and Arctic explorer, XX. 543; X. 193; XIX. 319.

Samuel, English novelist, XX. 543; his place in English literature, VIII. 430.

RICHBOROUGH CASTLE, Kent, England,

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XVIII. 68; XXI. 180.
RIDERFORT, Gerard de, master of
Knights Templars, XXIII. 161.
RIDGEWAY, ancient roadway, Wilts,
England, XXIV. 594.

RIDING, on horseback, XII. 195.

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division of Yorkshire, England,
XXIV. 748.

RIDLEY, Henry, anatomist, I. 813.
Nicholas, bishop of London, xx.

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England, I. 473.

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RIGI KULM, mountain, Switzerland,

XXI. 465.

RIGORISM, in casuistry, XIV. 636.

RIEL, Louis, leader of French Indians, RIG-VEDA, Brahmanical sacred books,

Canada, XX. 315.

RIELLA, genus of liverworts, XVII. 67.
RIEMANN, G. F. Bernhard, German
mathematician, XX. 550.

RIENZI, Cola di, senator of Rome, XX.
800; XIII. 480.

Lytton's novel, XV. 122.
Wagner's opera, XXIV. 313.
RIESENER, Henri François, French
portrait-painter, XX. 551.

Jean Henri, French cabinetmaker,
XX. 551.

XXI. 275; IV. 202; XII. 780; philo117; sophy of, XXIV. on Hindu astrology, II. 739; language of, II. 673. RIJN, Rembrandt Harmens van (Rembrandt), Dutch painter, XX. 373. RIKSDAG, Swedish parliament, XXII.

742.

RILLE, river, France, XVIII. I.
RIMAC, river, Peru, XIV. 644.
RIME IN VITA, Petrarch's poem, XVIII.
711.

RIESENGEBIRGE, mountains, Germany, RIMER, hand tool, XI. 438.

XX. 551; III. 116.

RIESENKOPPE, mountain, Germany, XX.
552.

RIESLING VINE, XXIV. 609, 611.
RIESS, Peter Theophil, his contributions
to electrical science, VIII. 15; his
thermo-electrometer, VIII. 55.

-, town, Yorkshire, England, xx. 545; RIESTEDT, Germany, Dolmen at, XXI. XXIV. 748.

-, 'town, Indiana, U.S.A., XX. 545.

town, Virginia, U.S.A., XX. 545. suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, XV. 836.

Legh, English writer, XX. 546.
PARK, England, xx. 545.
RICH'S SYSTEM, of shorthand, XXI. 837.

52.

RIETBERG, Count of (Kaunitz), Austrian
statesman, XIV. 18; IX. 587.

RIETI, town, Italy, XX. 552; XXI. 129.
RIETSCHEL, E. F. August, German
sculptor, XX. 552.

RIEVAULX ABBEY, Yorkshire, England,
XXIV. 749.

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RINGBERG, mountain, Germany, XXI.

349.

RIPUARIANS, Frankish people, IX. 723; | RIVOTITE, mineral, XVI. 428.
X. 476.

RING DES NIBELUNGEN, Wagner's oper- RIQUETI, XVI. 492, 498. See Mirabeau.

atic tetralogy, XXIV. 314. RING-DOVE, bird, VII. 379.

RINGELSPITZ, mountain, Switzerland,
XXI. 169.

RING-MONEY, Celtic, XVII. 630.
RING-OUSEL, bird, XVIII. 75.
RING-SANGS, ballads or dancing songs,
III. 285.

RING SNAKE, XXII. 194.
RINGWORM, disease, XVIII. 269; XXII.
124.

RINIERI'S THERMOMETER, XXIII. 288. RINK, for skating, XXII. 105.

RINMANN'S GREEN, pigment, XXIV. 787.

RINTELN, Germany, University of, XXIII. 845, 848.

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RINUCCINI, Ottavio, Italian musical RITSON, Joseph, English antiquary, XX. composer, XXIV. 315.

RIO, Ercole del, Italian chessplayer, v. 601.

RIOBAMBA, town, Ecuador, South America, XX. 562.

RIO DE JANEIRO, town, Brazil, xx. 562; observatory at, XVII. 716. RIO GRANDE, river, West Africa, XX. 564.

RIO GRANDE DEL NORTE, river, North America, XX. 563; XVII. 400; XXIII. 203.

RIO GRANDE DO NORTE, river, Brazil, XX. 563.

RIO GRANDE DO SUL, river, Brazil, XX. 564.

RIO GRANDE DO SUL, town and province, Brazil, xx. 564.

RIOJA, Spain, Wine of, XXIV. 607.
RIOM, town, France, XX. 564, 120.
RION, river, Caucasus, V. 253; XXIII.
513.

RIONERO IN VOLTURE, town, Italy,
XX. 564.

RIOT, in law, XX. 564.

RIO TINTO, mines, Spain, XII. 334. RIOUW, town, near Bintang, Indian Archipelago, III. 679; XII. 818; XXII. 639.

RIPARIAN LAWS, XX. 565.

RIPH, Jewish rabbi and Talmudist, XX. 566.

RIPIDOLITE, mineral, XVI. 414.
RIPLEY, town, England, xx. 567.

George, American critic and man of letters, XX. 567.

RIPON, town, England, xx. 568; Wilfrid's connexion with, XXIV. 566.

FALLS, Nile, Africa, XVII. 505. RIPPERDA, John William, Baron, political adventurer, xx. 568; as Spanish minister, XXII. 338. RIPPLES, on water, XXIV. 420. RIPPLING, of flax, IX. 294. RIPPOLDSAU, spa, Germany, XVI. 434. RIPUARIAN LAW, Frankish, XXI. 214.

570.

RITTENHOUSE, David, American astronomer, XX. 570.

William, papermaker, Philadelphia, U.S.A., XVIII. 740. RITTER, Carl, German geographer, XX. 570.

RITTINGERITE, mineral, XVI. 393. RITUALE ROMANUM, liturgical book, XIV. 710.

RIUKIU (LEW-CHEW) ISLANDS, North Pacific, XIV. 489; XIII. 570; language of, XIII. 586.

RIVA, town, Tyrol, X. 75.

RIVALS, The, Sheridan's play, XXI. 798. RIVAROL, Antoine de, French writer, XX. 571; IX. 670.

RIVAS, town, Nicaragua, XVII. 477.

Duke of (Angel de Saavedra), Spanish poet and politician, XXI. 122; XXII. 343, 361.

RIVE DE GIER, town, France, XX. 571. RIVER, RIVERS, XX. 571; flow of water in, XII. 492; formation of bars of, X. 277; XX. 575; gauging of, XII. 509; geological action of, X. 272; proprietary rights in, XX. 565; tides in, XXIII. 353, 362; water of, XXIV. 398; in relation to water-supply, XXIV. 404; influence of wind on, XII. 497.

ENGINEERING, XX. 571; of Mississippi, XVI. 520; of Po, XIX. 251.

MUSSEL, mollusc, XVII. 110. RIVERO, Peruvian naturalist, XVIII. 676. RIVER PEARLS, XVIII. 447. RIVER PLATE, South America, II. 489. RIVER POPLAR, tree, XIX. 512. RIVIERA, district, Italy and France, xx. 581; XIII. 437, 441; Italian dialect of, XIII. 493. RIVIÈRE, Captain, French commander, Tong-King, XXIII. 441.

RIVINUS, Augustus Quirinus (Bach

mann), on plant classification, IV. 79. RIVOLI, Duke of (Masséna, q.v.), French marshal, XV. 616.

RIXDORF, suburb of Berlin, Germany, XX. 581.

RIYAM, sanctuary, Arabia, XXIV. 741. RIZA, Tomb of, at Meshed, Persia, XVI. 46; XVIII. 626.

RIZZIO, David, Queen Mary's secretary,

XX. 581; XV. 596; XXI. 504. RJEV (Rzheff), town, Russia, XXI. 119. ROACH, fish, XX. 582; XII. 692; angling for, II. 41.

ROAD, Rule of the, in driving, XI. 811; at sea, XVII. 277.

ROADS, XX. 582; bridges on, IV. 285;
making of, XX. 582, 583; tolls on,
XXIII. 436; underground, in mines,
XVI. 455; Telford's construction of,
XXIII. 155.

ROAN LEATHER, XIV. 388.
ROANNE, town, France, XX. 588.

plain, France, XIV. 807. ROANNEZ, Duc de, his relations with Pascal, XVIII. 334.

ROA-POUA, island, Marquesas, Pacific,
XV. 564.

ROARING FORTIES, or brave west winds,
in meteorology, XVI. 146.
ROAST BEEF PLANT, IX. 279.
ROASTING, of meat, VI. 332.
ROATAN, island, Honduras, XII. 131.
ROBBERS, The, Schiller's play, XXI. 395.
ROBBER SYNOD, at Ephesus, XIV. 448.
ROBBERY, in law, XXIII. 231, 233.
ROBBIA, Andrea della, Florentine
sculptor, XX. 590.

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(Hrolf), duke of Normandy, XX. 627; IX. 535; XVII. 539.

duke of Normandy, father of William I., IX. 537; XVII. 542.

duke of Normandy, son of William I., his relations with William Rufus, VIII. 301; XVII. 544; XXIV. 577the Bruce, king of Scotland, xx. 592; XXI. 488.

II.-III., of Scotland, XXI. 490. of Belesme, Norman noble, XI. 656.

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ROBERTS, David, Scottish painter, XX.

597.

Richard, his improvements on cotton-spinning mule, VI. 498. ROBERTSON, Frederick William, English preacher, XX. 597.

XVII. 258.

598.

Thomas William, dramatist, XX.

ROCAMBOLE, vegetable, XII. 287.
ROCCA, second husband of Madame de
Stael, XXII. 441.

ROCH, St, Franciscan monk, XX. 611.
ROCHDALE, town, England, xx. 611.
ROCHE BERNARD, La, town, France,
XVI. 813.

John, his elements of navigation, ROCHEFORT, town, France, XX. 612. ROCHEFOUCAULD, Duc de la, French writer, XIV. 317, 867; IX. 663. ROCHELLE, La, town, France, xx. 612; siege of (1627), IV. 419; IX. 568; synod of (1671), XIX. 694.

William, Scottish historian, XX. 599; his place in English literature, VIII. 431.

ROBERVAL, Gilles Personne de, French mathematician, XX. 601; his method of tangents, XIII. 8. ROBESPIERRE, Maximilien Marie Isidore, French Revolutionist, XX. 601; IX. 602, 607; his relations with Napoleon, XVII. 195.

ROBIGALIA, Roman festival, XV. 570. ROBIN, bird, XX. 314; IX. 142; Aus

tralian, XXIV. 537.

SALT, XXIII. 69.

ROCHERS, Les, chateau, Brittany, France, XXI. 705; XXIV. 263.

ROCK-SALT, mineral, X. 228, 232; XXI. 230.

ROCK-SCULPTURES, in Phrygia, XVIII.

850.

ROCK-SNAKE, XX. 144.

ROCK SOAP, mineral, XVI. 425.
ROCKY MOUNTAINS, North America,
XXIII. 796; 1. 674; geological structure
of, X. 372.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHEEP, II. 102.
ROCQUANCOURT, France, Aqueduct of,

II. 222.

ROCROI, town, France, XX. 616; battle of (1643), IX. 571.

RODA, town, Germany, XXI. 347. RODBERTUS, Karl Johann, German socialist, XX. 616; XXII. 206, 218.

ROCHES, Peter des, bishop of Winchester, RODENTIA, or Rodents, order of Mam

XI. 658.

ROCHESTER, town, England, xx. 613.

town, New York, U.S.A., xx. 614. Earl of, poet, XX. 614. KEEP, Kent, England, v. 198. ROCHE-SUR-YON, La, town, France, xx. 615.

of Redesdale, Rising of, in England ROCHET, episcopal dress, VI. 463. (1469), XVIII. 94.

ROBINE CANAL, Narbonne, France,

XVII. 229.

ROBINET, Jean Baptiste René, on evolution, VIII. 760.

ROBIN GOODFELLOW, woodland spirit, XX. 606.

ROBIN HOOD, XX. 605, 658, 660; xvII. 599.

ROBINIA, tree, II. 318.

ROCHON, Alexis Marie, his micrometer,

XVI. 252.

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ROCK, or Distaff, for spinning, XIV. RODMAR, in the Nibelungenlied, XVII. 664. 474. ROCKAWAY BEACH, Long Island, New RODNEY, Lord, English admiral, XX. York, U.S.A., XIV. 866. 617.

ROCK-BORING MACHINES, III. 808; RODOMNA (Roanne), ancient town, XVI. 444, 446.

France, XX. 588.

France, XXI. 12.

ROCKBRIDGE ALUM SPRINGS, Virginia, RODOMUM (Rouen), ancient town, U.S.A., XVI. 436.

ROBIN REDBREAST, or Robin, XX. 314; Rock-Cook, fish, xxiv. 686.

III. 765.

ROBINS, Benjamin, English natural philosopher, XX. 607; inventor of ballistic pendulum, XI. 297; on rifled cannon, II. 557.

ROBINSON, Anastasia, countess of Peterborough, XVIII. 701.

Dr, on wind gauges, II. 25. Edward, American Biblical scholar, xx. 607.

John, English Independent, xx. 608; XII. 725.

John Thomas Romney, Irish astronomer, XX. 608.

CRUSOE (Alexander Selkirk), XXI. 639.

CRUSOE, Defoe's work, VII. 28. CRUSOE'S ISLAND, XIII. 758. ROBISON, John, his magnetic researches, XV. 237; his connexion with the Encyclopædia Britannica, VIII. 200, 201.

ROCK CORK, mineral, XVI. 418. ROCK-CRYSTAL, mineral, XVI. 389. ROCK-CUT TEMPLES, of India, II. 394. ROCK-DOVE, bird, VII. 379. ROCKET, in pyrotechny, XX. 136; apparatus for shipwreck rescue, XIV. 572; military, I. 745; II. 661.

-, R. Stephenson's locomotive engine, XX. 225.

ROCK FLEET CASTLE, Mayo, Ireland, XV. 651.

ROCKFORD, town, Illinois, U.S.A., XX. 615.

ROCKHAMPTON, town, Queensland, XX. 615.

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RODOSTO, town, Turkey in Europe, XX. 618.

RODRIGO DIAZ DE BIVAR (the Cid),

Spanish hero, v. 773; XXII. 315. RODRIGUEZ, island, Indian Ocean, xx. 618; XV. 642; solitaire of, bird, 111. 722.

of Toledo, Spanish chronicler, XXII. 354.

-, Pedro, Spanish economist, XIX. 363.

ROE, of fish, XII. 660.

-, Muckle, island, Shetland, Scotland, XVII. 846.

-, Nathaniel, English logarithmist, XIV. 775.

Sir Thomas, English political agent, XX. 619.

ROEBLING, John Augustus, American engineer, XX. 619.

ROCK ISLAND, town, Illinois, U.S.A., ROEBUCK, John, founder of Carron iron

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